Fire in west Philly row home kills woman, 98

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Fire investigators are trying to find out what started a blaze that killed an elderly woman in a west Philadelphia row house, one of two women killed in fires in the region over the weekend.Authorities said the 98-year-old woman was found dead on the second floor of the home where flames were reported shortly before 5 p.m. Sunday.Fire Commissioner Lloyd Ayers told WPVI-TV that the victim was immobile and the fire began in the room where she was trapped.He said ice and snow made conditions treacherous for firefighters, who had the blaze under control in a little over a half-hour.An 86-year-old woman was killed in a fire Saturday night in Springfield, Delaware County. The cause of that blaze also remains under investigation.